Shen Yulian’s hands hung by her sides, clenched into fists because of Old Lady Wang’s words.

Anger and resentment welled up inside her, but she had nowhere to vent them. Her grip was so tight that her nails dug into her palms, but she didn’t loosen her grip.

She felt like she was about to fall apart, every part of her body ached. She felt that only more pain could keep her calm and stop her from rushing forward to question them.

Perhaps she was truly furious, or maybe she was influenced by Lu Yao and the others, she had been thinking a lot lately.

In the past, she would have endured and remained silent. But now, she directly revealed her dissatisfaction with those people.

“Why would you say that?” she said angrily, “All the way here, we’ve not only been dragging shackles and walking, but we’ve also been pushing the cart and taking care of Father.

What about them? Besides pointing fingers and complaining, they haven’t done anything, even… ugh…”

Before Shen Yulian could finish, her concubine covered her mouth.

At the same time, she nervously looked around, and when she saw that the others hadn’t noticed their situation, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She was a little scared, “Lian’er, what are you doing, why are you saying all this?”

Shen Yulian’s mother’s surname was Zhao, and her given name was Zhao Rulan. She was given to Shen Shiren by her own uncle.

For the first two years after entering the Shen residence, she was still quite favored.

Plus, the mistress at the time was kind, so their lives as women were not bad. But after the mistress passed away and Wang Niangniang became the official wife, their lives became difficult, and they developed a timid and low-key personality.

It was precisely because of her timidity and weakness that their mother and daughter had a relatively peaceful life all these years.

Now, hearing her daughter speak so boldly, her heart was lifted.

“Niangniang, don’t stop me,” Shen Yulian pulled away the hand covering her mouth, “Everyone hasn’t eaten or slept well these past few days, now we not only have to push the cart and walk, but we also have to go hungry.

We can barely hold on for one or two days, but if it goes on for a long time, who can stand it?”

The more she spoke, the more unwilling she became. Anger made her less fearful of the Shen family’s heads.

“Not giving us better food is one thing, I don’t even care about the steamed buns and porridge given to them, we’re lowly and don’t deserve it, but saying we’re lazy and eat a lot, why?”

It was the people they called lazy who pushed the cart all the way here, why were they all sitting there? They were all half-dead.

“Yeah, we’re still relying on us to do the work now.”

Shen Zhao had been spoiled since he was a child, and he had been holding a lot of anger inside all this way.

He had only been more restrained because of his experience in the prison, but his nature was still there, and it was hard to change in three or five days.

Now that someone was complaining, he couldn’t hold back either, “We’re all children of the Shen family, why are we being treated differently?”

If you have the ability, then don’t let us push the cart.

Shen Yu, as Shen Zhao’s half-brother, had been secretly jealous of him, but now, he also agreed with his words.

His brows were furrowed with worry, “It’s only the first day, if it continues like this, we definitely won’t be able to hold on.”

Everyone fell silent because of his words.

This was something everyone present knew.

As time went on, their physical condition would definitely continue to decline. If it continued like this, it was unknown whether they could reach the end.

“Is there really no way?” Shen Han frowned. He was tired and hungry now, he felt like he was about to float away. If it continued like this, then he…

Thinking of this, he glanced at his concubine, a faint idea forming in his mind.

Soon, the food was delivered to them, and they stopped talking and ate seriously.

The food was hard to swallow, but everyone ate carefully and diligently.

Lu Yao took care of the children, but she also paid attention to the Shen family members, noticing that Old Lady Wang and the others were heading towards the hall, while the rest of them looked gloomy.

She poked her husband, and they exchanged glances before getting up and taking their children to the hall.

Everyone who wanted to improve their food had already gone to the hall beforehand. Now, someone suddenly went there, it was very abrupt and attracted several gazes.

But it only lasted for a moment, and everyone quickly looked away.

No matter what others did, as long as it didn’t affect them, it was fine.

The Shen family members also noticed Lu Yao and the others’ movements. They exchanged glances, and their eyes all showed joy.

“They’re going to the hall, aren’t they?” Shen Yulian asked softly.

The others shook their heads, indicating they didn’t know.

However, they soon found out the answer. Their destination was indeed the hall.

Shen Yu and Shen Hui exchanged glances, and they saw joy in each other’s eyes.

Shen Hui, who was closest to Shen Yulian, tugged on her sleeve and asked softly, “Yulian, do you know what they’re going to do?”

Shen Yulian shook her head. She was with them, how could she know?

But…

Her eyes rolled, and she handed the steamed bun and porridge bowl to Zhao Rulan beside her, saying, “I’ll go take a look,” and got up to follow them to the hall.

The guards nearby didn’t stop them.

As long as these people didn’t cause trouble, it was good for the post station to earn more money, and they could also get some benefits.

For example, a sumptuous meal.

Lu Yao scanned the entrance of the hall and went straight to where Old Lady Wang and the others were.

Except for Shen Shiren, who was lying on the flatbed cart, the nine of them were sitting at two tables. At Old Lady Wang’s table, besides her, only Shen Shifu and Wang Yalan and her son were sitting.

Lu Yao, holding Yuye, went straight to Old Lady Wang’s table, saying as she walked, “Grandmother, you came here to eat without calling us.

If we hadn’t been paying attention, wouldn’t we have missed it? You always say we’re a family, if we hadn’t come, wouldn’t people laugh at us?”

She said this, sat down next to Wang Yalan, and didn’t care whether she liked it or not, she moved her butt towards the middle, and then moved it again.

Wang Yalan was annoyed by being squeezed, she didn’t want to be so close to her, so she moved to the side.

After making room, she realized, “What are you doing?”

She was angry, but she was afraid of the guards nearby, so she didn’t dare to speak loudly.

Lu Yao looked innocent, “Of course I’m eating with you.”

She said this, not forgetting to call Shen Yanrong, telling him to quickly sit down next to Shen Yaoming. Seeing that he didn’t move, she was a little dissatisfied, “Yaoming, move over and make some room.

Your brother is here with the children, don’t squeeze them.”

Shen Yaoming frowned, his eyes flashing with disgust and rejection.

“What’s wrong with you? You’re taking up two seats,” Lu Yao had no shame at all, and continued to berate him, “Even Yuye knows to be polite, you claim to be a scholar, but your studies have been in vain.”

Shen Yaoming felt many pairs of eyes looking at him, all of them clearly filled with mockery.

He cared about his reputation, even though he was now an exiled criminal, he didn’t want to be pointed at.

Helplessly, despite his reluctance, he had to make room.